Display-rack.



Nb. 783,505. PATENTED FEB. 28, 1905. A. H. BURT.

. DISPLAY RACK.

APPLIOATION FILED APR 4, 1904.

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ALFRED H. BURT, OF BUFFALO, NElV YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 783,505, dated February 28, 1905.

Application filed April 4, 1904. Serial No. 201,371.

To all whom. it vim concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED l-l. BURT, acitizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Display-Rack, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to display-racks, and more particularly to display-racks to be used in show-cases and similar places for displaying confectionery, &c., in trays.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, strong, and at the same time sanitary form of construction for holding the trays.

In racks of this class the tray-holders are terraced or stepped the more perfectly to display the goods and are mounted upon an incline or stepped base which will rest upon a level surfacc such as the floor of a show case, for example. These racks,furthermore. should be readily rem i vable and should be constructed of a material which may be readily cleaned, to render the device thoroughly sanitary.

.l igure 1 is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is aside elevation of a tray, showing the method of holding thesame from sliding upon the rack.

1 is a base having the top surface inclined, as shown at 2. This base may be made of any desirable material, either metal or wood, but preferably of material which may be thoroughly cleansed. Upon this base 1 construct my rack in the following manner: Wires 3 are secured by eyes to the inclined surface 2, as shown at t. The wires then extend :forwardly and horizontally a distance sufficient to form the foundation-supports for the tray. They then bend upwardly, forwardly, anddownwardly to form loops 5, which loops take over the cross-support wires 6 and also the wires 7, which are bent to form the label supports, as hereinafter described. The crosswires 6 and the wires 7 are preferably soldered within the loops 5 to make strongjoints. The wires 3 then extend down ward ly and nearly at right angles, coming forward slightly until they reach the surface of the incline 2, and at that point they form loops 8, which are bent inwardly, so that a nail or screw or rivet may be passed through to secure the wire at that point to the base 2. The wires then extend forwardly in a horizontal line, as above described, forn'iing a second loop 5 for a second cross-wire 6, and thence downwardly to form a second loop 8, and so on for as many steps as are desired. At the lower end of the steps the wires 3 form the loops 9, which are secured to the incl incd surface 2, the same as the loops 8 and the loops t. In this manner the main support-wires are each constructed of a single piece.

in Fig. 2 lhave shown the method by which l prevent the trays 10 from slipping from side to side. Secured to the under side of the tray 10 are lugs or projections 11, which form a seat or groove for the wires In order to support labels adjacent to each tray in soon and at the same time not interfere with the removal and replacing of the tray and in order to render the labels themselves readily removable, the wiresTare secured in theloops 5, as above described. The medial portion of these wires extend downwardly and forwardly and then upwardly, forming the slots or loops 19. The label is slipped into these loops and is held thereby in such position as not to interfere with the tray above or below it. As the label is readily removed, the entiredevice may be cleaned and rendered sanitary.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. A display-rack having the stepped supports on each side constructed of a single piece of wire, and having loops formed from point to point to attach said wires to crosswires, and having loops formed from point to point to attach said support-wires to a base, and an inclined base for supporting the same.

2. In combination with a tray and an inclined base, a display-rack constructed from two body-wires, each wire bent to form the horizontal side supports and forming the steps, and looped to receive cross-wires, and looped to attach said support-wires to said inclined base.

3. In combination with a tray and an inclined base, a display-rack constructed from 1 position that they may be easily I two body-Wires, each Wire bent to form the Intestirnony WhereofIhavehereuntosigned horizontalslde supports and forming the steps, mynatne in the presence of two Witnesses.

and looped to receive cross-Wires, and looped to attach said support-Wires to said inclined ALFRED BURT 5 base, and lugs on said tray to engage over l/Vitnesses:

the horizontal portions of said support-Wires ADAM YOUNG,

to hold the tray in place. P. R. TOMLINSON. 

